‘There were moments when I thought these were dates—but her flirtatiousness was all part of the ruse’
WFB:
Brian Stelter’s new book about the “incestuous” relationship between Fox News and President Donald Trump contains at least one amusing anecdote.
In Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth, the author recounts a curious encounter with an undercover Fox News intern in the early 2000s. At the time, Stelter was just another citizen journalist publishing media gossip on his TVNewser blog. His mostly negative reporting on Fox News drew the ire of Roger Ailes and the network’s public relations department, which made him a target of corporate espionage.
Here’s how Stelter described the network’s “sophomoric” attempt to keep tabs on him using the time-honored “honey trap” method:
At one point the Fox News PR department dispatched an intern to strike up a relationship with me. We went out a couple of times in New York City—we went to the late great Coffee Shop restaurant in Union Square, we rode the subway uptown, we even spent a late evening on her rooftop. There were moments when I thought these were dates—but her flirtatiousness was all part of the ruse. MORE
If that’s true then Fox was foolish for not baiting Stelter with a winsome alter boy.
I don’t think she was sent to spy. I think she lost a bet.
If he doesn’t name her it didn’t happen.
Anyone can make up any story they want for any reason they want but if there are no verifiable facts involved it remains just a story, a fiction made up for some personal reason.
FWIW, I’ve never thought of FOX as being particularly friendly to Trump, less hostile than the others but not what I’d call friendly.
Worst Penthouse Forum letter ever, tater.
Vast right-wing conspiracies everywhere.
Maybe they got him mixed up with Winnie the Pooh.
They shoulda used a dude for Mr Potato head…. especially on that network!
….”lost a bet.”… I laughed until I stopped!
Stelter has an active fantasy life.
I hope Mark Dice does a piece on this.
Alka-Stelter? Honey trap?
BWHAHAHAHAHAHA
More like a chocolate starfish trap.
..I’ll go this far…if I saw a woman with this BS guy, I’d be pretty sure it was a lie too, for whatever reason, so nice self-awareness on his part THERE, just a shame that’s all the self-awareness he’ll ever have right there…
…ladies, try to imagine sex with THIS guy. THIS face on top of you.
I’ll wait…
https://www.famousbirthdays.com/faces/stelter-brian-image.jpg
…now that you’re done throwing up, you kinda have to say he’s not WRONG that an ACTUAL female would need SOME kind of ulterior motive, just sayin’…
I’ll wait for the mark dice version
She was looking for a safe, GAY, friend, Stupifier. 🙄
It’s really sad when some loser is on a subway with a girl and tells himself it was a date
Brian the guncle.
Come onna my house, my housa come on.
You gots to get pretty early to fool old sharp eyed BS Brian.
A “Sonny Trap” would have worked…
FNC Intern’s Ugliest [Dumbest] Date Contest?
You spelled Dummy Trap wrong.
The thing that gave her away as a plant and a honey trap? She was breathing.